Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:41:40 +1100 | From | Paul Mackerras <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add support for Qualcomm's PRNG |
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On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 08:07:35AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> consider the PowerPC random number generator[1]) and
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> [1] which has a known first-order bias which they "correct" for by > XORing two datums together in a very simple data reduction step.
65 actually, not two.
> However, if their random source has bias it is extremely likely it also > has nonzero correlations, which require stronger reductions. It would
The correlations are essentially zero, by design, and experiment confirms it. Did you see my mail on the kvm list where I explained how it works?
Paul.
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